yamaha drivers were installed and downloaded on new mac air. Sibelius 6 is registered and installed. the usb square connector in inserted in to host receiver on Clavinova and the other end inserted in the computer. Can someone tell me what else to do so i can use my computer with the Clavinova. It doesn't seem to be connected. my email is klefrak@lefrak.com

You beat me to it! You may not see the Clavi mentioned by name, but by generic Piano 1 or even something like Yamaha USB etc.

Getting the Clavi to play back the sounds you want may be more complex, as it will require a Soundset. I don't suppose Yamaha or Sibelius have made one. Soundsets are beyond me, sorry, as I've never needed one.

- plug the Clavinova USB into the MacBook, power up the Clavinova.
- Quit and restart Sibelius 6.
- In Sibelius 6, pull down "Play" and select "Playback Devices".
- You should be able to see the Clavinova in the left-hand column of available devices. If not, stop at this point and report back.
- Click "New..." and give your new Playback Configuration a name such as "Clavinova". Click OK in that little naming dialogue.
- Click on the "Clavinova" entry in the left-hand column of available items, and then click "Activate": it will move to the right-hand column.
- In the Clavinova line in the right-hand column, click on the part of the line under the "Sound Set" heading. In that pull-down, select "Yamaha XG".
- now click "Save" (at the top) and then "Close" at the bottom.

Robin,
now, my mac doesn't even playback my score with Sibelius Sounds. Might i have deleted them? on the available playback devices, it lists digital piano port 1 and digital piano port 2. i clicked on one, pressed activate, it moved over and i selected yamaha xg and pressed save and close. what am i doing wrong?

Karen, that is correct - if you select the new configuration "Clavinova", then you will not be able to output to Sibelius Sounds. If you want to output to Sibelius Sounds, then you need to select a Playback Configuration such as "Sibelius Sounds": then you will not be able to output to the Clavinova.

Can you clarify a little bit what it is that you are trying to achieve? Earlier you said you wanted to play back through the Clavinova: why now do you want to play back through Sibelius Sounds as well?

If you have selected Playback Configuration "Clavinova", then Sibelius will send all output to the Clavinova, and none to Sibelius Sounds.

If you have selected Playback Configuration "Sibelius Sounds", then Sibelius will send all output to Sibelius Sounds on the MacBook, and none to the Clavinova.

So you can use "Playback Configuration" effectively as a way of choosing which output device you want to use.

Although it is possible to have a split configuration, where Sibelius Sounds plays some instruments, and the Clavinova plays others, that gets quite complicated, so let's try walking before running.

When away from Clavinova I want to then use my lap top air book as the audio. I no longer ee Sibelius sounds as an opto
Ion even when clav is not connected. So now there are indeed two problems, both concerning audio output. With the additional problem of the clav not being able to input notes on score. Am I making sense now?

If not, please attach a screen shot of the Playback Devices window, or failing that, a description of what you see in the right-hand column with "Sibelius Sounds" selected as the current configuration.

You can create a playback configuration which has both the Clavinova and Sibelius sounds. Then you can use other staves to play Sibelius sounds.
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Rob
Win 7 64 bit, 3.1 GHz, 8 Gigs RAM
Sibelius 7.03, Sibelius Sounds 7.03, Photoscore Ult., GPO4